Two of the UK’s best new homes shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year 2018

Pheasants, a striking new house next to the Thames that took a decade to complete, and Red House, a bold red brick new-build house on an awkward site at the end of a South East London Victorian terrace – are the first two homes to be shortlisted for the 2018 RIBA House of the Year award.

The first two shortlisted homes were revealed in the opening episode of a special four-part Channel 4 TV series – Grand Designs: House of the Year broadcast on Wednesday 7 November. The full shortlist of seven homes will be revealed during the series, with the winner announced in the final episode, to be broadcast on Wednesday 28 November.